Ye have never envied any one ; ye
have taught others. Now I desire
that those things may be confirmed
[by your conduct], which in your
instructions ye enjoin [on others].
Only request in my behalf both in-
ward and outward strength, that I
may not only speak, but [truly] will ;
and that I may not merely be called
a Christian, but really be found to
be one. For if I be truly found [a
Christian], I may also be called one,
and be then deemed faithful, when I
shall no longer appear to the world.
Nothing visible is eternal.^ " For the
things which are seen are temporal,
but the things which are not seen
are eternal." '° For our God, Jesus
Christ, now that He is with" the
Father, is all the more revealed [in